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Title: Love Between Fairy and Devil 苍兰诀 Platform: Netflix, IQIYI, Youtube, Viki, Apple TV MDL Rating: 8.7 Genre: Xianxia (High Fantasy), Romance Episode Count: 36 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: Scary images (for young children specifically, but this leans younger in tone overall), Minor violence, bloodshed (fake spitting up of blood) Staring: Esther Yu (Love Game in Eastern Fantasy) Dylan Wang (Guardians of Dafeng) Zhang Ling He (Pursuit of Jade) Xu Hai Qiao (Dream of Splendo

4/5 Stars: This rating is based purely on entertainment value. It was a fun time, not a quality time.

4/5 Stars: Rebirth and revenge in the Ming Dynasty

4.25/5 Stars

4.5/5 Stars

Title: Dream of Splendor 梦华录 Platform: Viki, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Period Idol Romance, Female Entrepreneur Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence and blood, brief torture depicted Staring: Crystal Liu (Live-Action Mulan) Chen Xiao (Legend of the Magnate) Ada Liu (All Rise) Im Se Mi (The Road to Glory) RBTS Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Zhao Pan Er, a clever teahouse owner in Qiantang, embarks on a journey to the Capital, Bian Jing, after discovering her f

4.25/5 Stars

Title: When the Weather is Fine (2020) (Also titled: I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice) Platform: Viki (Search: I'll Go to You When The Weather is Nice) Netflix (Search: When the Weather is Fine) Iflix, Apple TV MDL Rating: 8.2 IMBD Rating: 7.7 Genre: Contemporary Romance/Melodrama, Slice of Life (The Pace is sssllloooww) Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: MA on Netflix and PG-13 on Viki: Themes of suicide and domestic violence, and death. There are some int

4.2/5 Stars: A modern take on a Wuxia that starts off with a bang, but looses focus and runs out of time towards the end. The highlight of the drama was the balanced relationship between Hei Feng Xi (ML) and Bai Feng Xi (FL)...

4.5/5 Stars

4.6/5 Stars

An artificially sweetened period idol drama, Pursuit of Jade is flawed in its aesthetic flawlessness which through no fault of its own, finds itself the casualty of both praise and criticism in response to overhyped internet fandom, reigning as the most thoroughly produced and popular drama of the year.

4.2/5 Stars: An amnesiac and his childhood crush join in platonic matrimony for government benefits in a love story set against the rosy (lolz) backdrop of the Cultural Revolution.